The ReduceTransitionElementsKind function in hydrogen-check-elimination.cc in Google V8 before 4.2.77.8, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that leverages “type confusion” in the check-elimination optimization.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1242
Reference (s):
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=460917
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1000893003
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1019033004
- DEBIAN:DSA-3238